Ronnie shrugged. “We’re about to find out. She seems better. Just had breakfast and I want her to try flying.”
I sprang up and swayed on my feet a little at the adrenaline rush. “Be careful!” I told Dawn. Was it too soon to try flying? We could stay one more day.
Dawn’s big glassy eyes met mine.‘Kit risk herself for Dawn, now Dawn will fly for Kit. Must get Kit home. Breeders are coming.’
Chills broke out on my arms.
‘Breeders coming here to Skyhome?’
Dawn nodded.‘I couldn’t wake you. Breeders controlling giants. Coming to pull Skyhome down to the ground.’
Fuck!
I burst forward. “Pack up. We gotta get out of here.”
Ronnie put her hands out. “Whoa, whoa. How are you feeling? You lost a lot of blood yesterday and slept almost twenty hours.”
Twenty hours! Damien was probably going out of his mind. No wonder I was starving. I quickly told her and Ronnie what Dawn had said.
“Ah hell!” Maxine stood pulling out one of her guns and holding it loosely at her side.
I looked around at this beautiful place. Skyhome had been a source of comfort and safety for us. “It’s not right,” I growled.
“It’s the Dream War, hun. Nothing’s right,” Maxine said.
Wasn’t that the truth.
‘Clyde can fly two people. Clyde is strong,’he told me, at his place by Dawn’s side.
That was good, because Dawn should only try to carry one person.
While Dawn worked on hovering above the ground a few feet, Ronnie turned to me.
“Alright, Kit, it’s time to try a portal. But first try to connect with Damien, ease into it,” the doctor told me.
I nodded. My body felt weak still from the blood loss, but my mind felt sharp. I was ready to go home.
Plopping down right where I stood, I got into position. Closing my eyes and taking in two deep and slow breaths, I let my mind slowly open.
Right away I felt the breeder consciousness hammering against the walls of my mind and I winced. Pushing up mental protections like Master Aki had taught me, I tried to focus on the consciousness that belonged to Damien, the one that was not in this world. It took longer than normal. Maybe I was tired, maybe my mind was weak, or the breeders were weighing on me, but I tried not to dwell on the negativity. The important thing was that I finally felt him. His energy was so dark and heavy I almost didn’t recognize it.
He was in a bad mental place and I felt so awful for waiting until now to contact him.
‘I’m okay,’I sent, in case it was the only thing I’d be able to send before we got cut off.
His energy bristled and disbelief rippled through our mental link.
‘Oh Jesus, Kit! You’re alive!’
Tears streamed down my cheeks and the breeders beat harder at the walls in my mind. I needed to pull back and conserve my energy for the portal.
‘I’m alive. So is Ronnie and Maxine. We’re coming home. I love you.’ Then I pulled back and broke the connection, shutting up the walls to breeders or anyone else trying to come in.
“I got through. It was… a bit tougher than usual but I did it.”
Ronnie frowned. “Any headache?”
I shook my head.
